re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

I just want what's best for my build. I have no particular taste and I don't worry too much about the looks.

ETA: I'll probably just roll with yours since it's cheaper. I'm sure the case won't make that big of a deal in the end.

I needed to get a newer version of my optical drive. I assume it would still be compatible, correct?

That looks good

Just finished ordering everything. I can now officially say I am becoming a member of the master race.

With a little more searching I found a website that had it in stock (basically the only one on the web).

LINK

Damn didn't see that one. I already ordered the other one after seeing nearly all the 760's on the internet were bought. I thought I had to get it quick before i would be waiting 3 months. It comes out to the same price I paid with shipping so I think it will be ok. This one had the cooler too so I figured it would be the best option.

Awesome, getting back into master racing. Did you see my update about my video cards a few pages back? It kind of got buried because the thread was active. I think I'll post it again so more people read about my stupidity:

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You can take me off of suicide watch now, btw. Cards are working.


For the rest of you, last night I committed my biggest PC blunder yet. I decided to add 3 more Scythe Gentle Typhoons to my setup to make my top 240mm rad and my 120mm rad push/pull. However, to make those fans fit I had to turn my 120mm rad so that the fittings are on the bottom. And by doing that, I was also forced to change my loop order.

After I thought I'd drained enough water, I took off one of the tubes from my gpu block. All was fine. Then I took off the other tube. The new rush of air in that part of the loop caused gravity to take over, and distilled water came oozing out of one of the GPU fittings like volcano. A sizable pool of water accumulated on both cards within a couple of seconds.

I blotted up the excess water and continued with what I was doing, got the loop finished, fans installed, filled, and leaktested. I gave the cards a good wipedown with 91% iso, let everything dry for another hour, and powered on. It booted, got into Windows. Everything seemed fine, but a few minutes later my catalyst drivers failed and then recovered. I decided to reboot, and it would freeze at the Windows logo every time after that.

Booting into safe mode worked fine with my monitors connected the video cards. And of course onboard video worked fine too. I deleted the gpu drivers in safe mode, and after that it booted into the regular desktop just fine. Then I tried to reinstall the drivers... After reinstalling, it asked me to reboot. So I did, and it began freezing at the Windows logo again.

So I unplugged and unseated the cards, let them hang there in the case suspended by the tubing, and the booted with my onboard graphics. I left the computer run all night like that, so that the 13 fans in my case would assist in drying it over night. If that didn't work, my next step would've been to dismount them from the blocks and let them dry.

But the extra drying time with the fans seems to have worked. GPU-Z reads them correctly, overclocks are still working, still scoring close to 18k in 3dmark11, and framerate is normal (only tested it in metro so far).

I've probably drained this loop 6 times, plus other loops countless times, and this is the first time I've gotten any component wet other than a couple of drops on a fan or radiator. My impatience got the best of me. I'd only expected to have to screw in a few fans and switch around some terminals on my fan controller, so I was rushing everything else.

Blue what the hell are you doing with your builds? You just like building that much? Your builds are going backwards

FUARK, newegg just had an open box Powercolor 7870LE MYST for $175 and before I could get it someone else nabbed it. Damn, such a good deal.